[Adopted 7-14-2003 by Ord. No. 113 (Ch. 9, § 9-500, of the Codified Ordinances)]
The owner of any property abutting upon any street, lane, court or square within the Town where there is a sidewalk which is or may hereafter be established or set apart by the Town as such shall, after the ceasing to fall of any snow thereon, within 24 hours cause the same to be removed therefrom.
Whenever any snow shall be collected or deposited upon any sidewalk mentioned in the preceding § 218-27 either by falling from an adjoining building or by being plowed or shoveled onto said sidewalk by any snow activity or by drifting upon said sidewalk, the owner of the property abutting upon said sidewalk shall, within 24 hours after its being so collected or deposited, cause the same to be removed therefrom.
No person shall throw or put or plow or cause to be thrown or put or plowed any snow or ice into any portion of a street, lane or alley in the Town used for travel.
In the event the owner of any property removes snow or ice therefrom or hires another to do so, which said owner or other person violates the provisions of § 218-29, the owner and said other, or either of them, shall be subject to the penalties and enforcement provisions set forth in § 218-33.
No person shall throw or put or cause to be thrown or put any snow or ice or any other substance upon or against any fire hydrant or catch basin in any street, lane, alley or park in the Town.
Whenever any sidewalk mentioned in § 218-27 shall be encumbered with ice, it shall be the duty of the owner to cause such sidewalk to be made safe and convenient for travel by removing the ice therefrom or by treating the surface with sand or salt within 24 hours after such sidewalk shall have become so encumbered.
A. 
The criminal penalty for each violation of this article shall be $300.
B. 
A noncriminal enforcement procedure may be utilized pursuant to the provisions of MGL c. 40, § 21D and Chapter 1, Article II, of the Town Code as an alternative to criminal enforcement.
C. 
The fine for a noncriminal violation shall be $50 for each offense. Each day shall constitute a separate violation.
D. 
The enforcing authority shall be the Police Department.
E. 
Any penalties imposed under this article that are not paid when due shall become a municipal charge and shall be recorded as such against the property in question pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 141, Article I, Municipal Charges Lien, of the Town Code.
F. 
The owner may delegate, by agreement or contract, the duty imposed by this article; however, the owner shall remain liable for any violations by such designee.
G. 
The first ticket given to any owner of real estate for a violation of the provisions of this article in any fiscal year shall be a warning.